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H. ABRAHAM ROOF Filed June 16. 1924 INVENTOR Herbert A bmham mu -k-d ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HERBERT ABRAHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RUBEROID 00., A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ROOF.

Application filed June 16,

'city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

This lnventlon relates to-roofs composed of flexible shingles laid upon a sheathing in overlapping courses.

In such roofs it is necessary to hold down the lower ends of the shingles so as to prevent them from curling or bending. 1

Due to changes in climatic conditions and variations of temperature, the sheathing of the roof, and to a lesser degree the shingles themselves, will expand and contract... Where the lower ends of the shingles are rigidly held or locked in place, such expansion and contraction will cause the shingles to buckle or become distorted, thus giving the roof an unsightly appearance.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a roof construction wherein the lower ends of the shingles of each course are held down flatly in such manner as to permit of expansion or contraction of the sheathing or shingles without distorting the shingles. I v

I attain this, as well as other objects, by means of the construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrat-' ing one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 1, is a plan view of a portion of a roof covering embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, is a detail planview on a larger scale;

Fig. 3, is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, is'a front end view of one of the flexible shingles;

Fig. 5, is a top plan view of the fastening member; and r I Fig. 6, is a front elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the flexible shingle made of felt or fibrous ma terial saturated and coated with bituminous compositions, and preferably faced with crushed slate or other facing material. Each shingle has a narrow openiii; -2v near its lower end, which opening extends through the shingle and forms an eye for receiving the tongue 6 of the fastener 5. A metallic strip or edging 3 extends across, and is se- 1924. Serial No. 720,390.

reenforce the'end so as to prevent the shingle from tearing when it is hooked down. While I prefer, to form the hole 2 just above the edging 3, it is obvious that if desired the opening may be formed through i the edging. The lower end of the shingle may be underfolded'as seen in Fig. 3. In that case the edging is preferably wrapped in and around the fold so as to protect the bend and to provide a butt of increased thickness. The edging preferably has a depression 4, in line with the opening 2, to facilitate hooking the-shingle upon the tongue and to accommodate the projecting end of the tongue.

The fastener 5 is preferably made of any suitable form of metal, and comprises'a body portion having a tongue-like projection 6 at substantially it's middle, which tongue preferably, though not necessarily, extends in the plane of the body portion. The body portion is provided with nail receiving holes or eyes 7-7, and'it may be formed with spaced downwardly extending lugs 88. These lugs are adapted to abut against the side edges of. the pair of shingles on which th fasteneris secured and form a guide for properly positioning the fastener.

In covering a roof, the shingles are laid upon the sheathing in the manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. A. fastener. 5 is p0- sitioned on each pair of adjacent shingles of a course with the body of the fastener spanning .the space between the shingles and with the tongue 6 directed toward the eaves. The fastener is now secured to. the

shingles by nails 9 driven through thenail holes 7 which nails also serve to fasten the of the next upper course are then located by passing the opening or eye 2 of each shingle over the tongue 6 of a fastener 5 of the first mentioned course. The shingles shingles to the roof sheathing. The shingles tongue, and as it is disposed over an imperforate body portion of a shingle-of the second lower course, no leakage can occur. Furthermore, with fasteners of the preferred construction described no guide lines are required in laying the shingles because the position of the fasteners on each course will definitely and properly locate the shin gles of'the succeeding course with the desired amount of overlap.

Various modifications in the details de scribed may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention. Also, the construction may be used on a siding as well as on a roof.

What I claim is:

1. In a roof composed of overlapping flexible shingles each having a preformed opening through its lower end portion, a

metallic fastener secured to two adjacent shingles of a course and having a tonguelike member that passes horizont-allyfthrough the opening in an overlapping shingle of the next upper course and lies upon the lower end of said shingle, whereby to hold down the end but to permit of a sliding -motion of the shingle on the tongue-like member.

2. The combination of a shingle having 3 a preformed opening through its lower end portion, and a fastener having a projecting portion that passes horizontally :through the opening with its end lying over the upper surface of the lower end of the shingle, whereby to hold down the shingle end in a manner to permit of sliding movement of the shingle lengthwise of the projecting portion of the fastener.

3. The'combination of a metallic fastener formed with a tongue, a, flexible shingle having an opening in its lower end portion through which the tongue passes, and a metallic edging on the lower end'of the shingle adjacent the opening.

4. The combination of a metallic fastener having a tongue, a flexible shingle having an opening in its lower end portionthrough which the tongue passes, a metallic edging on the lower end of the shingle adjacent the opening, and a socket formed in the edging in line with the opening for reception of the projecting end of the tongue.

5. The combination of a metallic fastener having atongue, and a flexible shingle having an opening in its'lower end portion through which the tongue passes, the shingle having its lower end underfolded and being provided with ametallic edging which is wrapped in and around the folded end. HERBERT ABRAHAM. 

